statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
government and people; government and private sector; public and private sector
information campaign; awareness program
leader; guide; mentor; coach
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
middle period; medium-term
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
retrogression; regression
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
science and technology; scientific technique
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
public corporation; public housing
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
undeveloped (countries); backward; unentered
high and low; rise and fall
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
suicidal tendency; suicidal wish
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to stay (at); to stop (at)